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Booker T. Washington School was in Montgomery, Alabama.[1] It was at 632 South Union Street and succeeded Swayne College which closed in 1937.[2] The Swayne school building was demolished in 1948 to make way for Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery's first high school for African American students.[3]

Th school was established as a primary school for African Americans in Montgomery after the American Civil War.[4] In 1923 it was reported that Montgomery had a Booker T. Washington School Library.[5] In 1944, Clarence Theodore Smiley's study "A Socio-economic Study of the Students of the Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Alabama, in Relation to Achievement in Selected Educational Areas" was published. In 1955 a study by Tholas House titled "A Survey of the Difficulties Experienced by the Student-teachers in the Teaching of History at Alabama State Laboratory High School and Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Ala" was published.[6] In 1957 Irene C. Williams published A Study of the Relationship Between Retardation and Drop-outs in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Grades at the Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Alabama, 1953-55 at Apabama State University Press.[7]

Jeremiah Reeves played drums at the school. His case inspired Claudette Austin, a 15 year old student on her way home from who refused to give up her seat in the "colored" of a bus for a white woman months before Rosa Parks more widely known protest. She was handcuffed, arrested, and convicted before Fred Gray helped win her appeals in high courts. She was inspired by the Reeves case and was involved in a youth NAACP organization at the school. Geraldine Nesbitt was her influential teacher at the school.[8] Rosa Parks attended the private Montgomery Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery.[9]

The school was closed after the 1969 - 1970 school year and its students sent to Robert E. Lee High School and Jefferson Davis High School.[10]

The Montgomery Improvement Association sponsored an oratorical contest at the school.[11]

Athletics

The school colors were blue and gold. Yelloww Jackets were the mascot and the football team played at Hornet Stadium. Carver Montgomery was one of the schools it played.[12]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ McCaster, Melvin J. (December 3, 2008). Struck Down, but Not Destroyed: Journeys Through Challenges of Faith and Doubt. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781462828388 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Wilkerson, Lyn (January 10, 2010). Slow Travels-Alabama. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780557140558 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Caver, Joseph (October 20, 2020). From Marion to Montgomery: The Early Years of Alabama State University, 1867-1925. NewSouth Books. ISBN 9781588383617 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ https://www.alabamanews.net/2018/08/19/booker-t-washington-magnet-high-school-has-a-long-history/
  5. ^ History, Alabama Department of Archives and (March 6, 1923). "Alabama Official and Statistical Register". Brown Printing Company – via Google Books.
  6. ^ House, Thomas A. (March 6, 1955). "A Survey of the Difficulties Experienced by the Student-teachers in the Teaching of History at Alabama State Laboratory High School and Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Ala". Alabama State University – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Williams, Irene C. (March 6, 1957). "A Study of the Relationship Between Retardation and Drop-outs in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Grades at the Booker T. Washington High School, Montgomery, Alabama, 1953-55". Alabama State University – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Burrow, Rufus (March 6, 2014). Extremist for Love: Martin Luther King Jr., Man of Ideas and Nonviolent Social Action. Augsburg Fortress Publishers. ISBN 9781451470208 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Directors, Site; Trail, Friends of the Civil Heritage (February 6, 2017). Montgomery's Civil Heritage Trail: A History & Guide. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625858146 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Carter, Clinton; Palmer, Kerry; Stifflemire, Roger (January 1, 2015). 'Echoes' of Robert E. Lee High School: The First Decade, 1955-65. NewSouth Books. ISBN 9781603063807 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Levine, Ellen S. (December 1, 2000). Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. Penguin. ISBN 9781101076170 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/teampage.asp?Team=B.T.%20Washington%20Montgomery
  13. ^ Theoharis, Jeanne (November 24, 2015). The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807076934 – via Google Books.
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